2 Chronicles 15:12

“And they entered into a covenant, etc.] Asa and all his people; that is, as Piscator remarks, they went between the pieces of the calf cut asunder, for the confirmation of the covenant, (see <243418>Jeremiah 34:18), to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul; to serve and worship him most truly, sincerely, and cordially.”

“Solemn renewals of the original covenant which God made with their fathers in the wilderness Exodus 24:3-8 occur from time to time in the history of the Jews, following upon intervals of apostasy. This renewal in the reign of Asa is the first on record. The next falls 300 years later in the reign of Josiah. There is a third in the time of Nehemiah (see the marginal references). On such occasions, the people bound themselves by a solem oath to observe all the directions of the Law, and called down God’s curse upon them if they forsook it. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Into covenant - The matter of this covenant was nothing but what they were before obliged to. And tho' no promise could lay any higher obligation upon them, than they were already under, yet it would help to increase their sense of the obligation, and to arm them against temptations. And by joining all together in this, they strengthened the hands of each other 2 Chronicles 15:15”

“they entered: Ch2 23:16, Ch2 29:10, Ch2 34:31, Ch2 34:32; Deu 29:1, Deu 29:12; Kg2 23:3; Neh 9:38, Neh 10:29; Jer 50:5; Co2 8:5 seek: Ch2 15:4; Deu 4:29, Deu 10:12; Kg1 8:48; Jer 29:12, Jer 29:13; Act 24:14 2 Chronicles 15:13”

“And they entered into the covenant, i.e., they renewed the covenant, bound themselves by a promise on oath (שׁבוּעה, Ch2 15:14) to hold the covenant, viz., to worship Jahve the God of the fathers with their whole heart and soul; cf. Deu 4:29. With בּבּרית בּוא, cf. Jer 34:10. 2 Chronicles 15:13”